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<FONT SIZE="+2" COLOR="#00AEFF"><STRONG><EM>O Me! O Life!</EM></STRONG></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="+1"><STRONG>Walt Whitman</STRONG></FONT>
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O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring,<BR>
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill'd with the foolish<BR>
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)<BR>
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew'd,<BR>
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,<BR>
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,<BR>
The question, O me! so sad, recurring--What good amid these, Oh me, O life?
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That you are here--that life exists and identity,<BR>
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
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